Marriage Separation

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will--only in the Lord;

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

`He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.'

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

And also, because the wine <FI>is<Fi> treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying, — read the full passage →

They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

Do two walk together if they have not met?

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

And for me, let it not be--to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us; — read the full passage →

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication--she also.

Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mount of the house of Jehovah Is established above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the hills, And flowed unto it have peoples. — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,